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In this introductory textbook, some of the most widely respected scholars in the field introduce students to the methods, issues, and theoretical frameworks central to feminist biblical interpretation. In highly accessible essays, the book covers the history, achievements, and cutting-edge questions in the area of gender and biblical scholarship, including violence and the Bible, female biblical God imagery, and sexuality. The contributors'women and men'are feminist, womanist, and pro-feminist biblical interpreters. Contributors include Phyllis Bird, Nancy Bowen, Juliana Claassens, Linda Day, Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, Frederick Dobbs-Allsopp, Freda Gardner, Nyasha Junior, Jacqueline Lapsley, Eunny Lee, Patrick Miller, Christie Nueger, Kathleen O?Connor, Dennis Olson, Anna May Say Pa, Carolyn Pressler, J. J. M. Roberts, Kathryn Roberts, Leong Seow, Elizabeth Tanner, and Renita Weems.Day, Linda is the author of 'Engaging the Bible in a Gendered World An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Katharine Doob Sakenfeld', published 2006 under ISBN 9780664229108 and ISBN 0664229107.
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